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Fully welded vehicle trailer hitch is strong and durable. Draw-Tite's Tested Tough guarantee ensures that this hitch exceeds industry standards. The combination of an e-coat base and a powder coat finish provides excellent rust protection.
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Draw-Tite's Tested Tough program provides testing standards far superior to those outlined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the go-to source for engineering professionals.
Each Draw-Tite trailer hitch receiver undergoes extensive fatigue testing and static testing with the ball mount that is either supplied or recommended for use with that particular hitch, thus ensuring results that are applicable to real life use. Fatigue testing is also conducted on hitches rated for use with weight-distribution systems.
In addition, Draw-Tite performs static testing on a simulated automobile, as opposed to the rigid fixture used for SAE testing, resulting in a more true-to-life scenario.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (152 Customer Reviews)
Fully welded vehicle trailer hitch is strong and durable. Draw-Tite's Tested Tough guarantee ensures that this hitch exceeds industry standards. The combination of an e-coat base and a powder coat finish provides excellent rust protection.Once again the hitch was delivered With the ends popping out of it Scratched and paint off the ends. Holes in the box and a bolt missing from said hole. The safety chain weld/ bracket does not look up to bumper par. With this particular vehicle, requires bumper removal… more complicated than other brands if I recall. etrailer response and shipping is great as usual, Purchased a few products in the past from them.
It started out as a nice product unfortunately due to the fact that it is not packaged properly it got severely beat up in shipping all the powder coating flaked off in several spots which is going to cause Rust down the road. There was no Styrofoam no protected cardboard on the edges of the tow hitch basically thrown in a box and sent on its way hoping for the the best. It Too bad because it’s a nice product the website was easy to navigate and other than that I was very very happy.
As much as I would like to give a great review, when I received my product, the packaging was so minimal that the delivery process had chipped away much of the powder coating, therefore diminishing the effective rust barrier exalted in the description. If you order a trailer hitch. Request special care in the packaging process to lessen the damage!
Very pleased with this hitch. It is well built and sturdy. I recommend having someone help you install it. It almost wooped me doing it by myself in the Florida heat. Let me say that the install would have been a whole lot smoother if I would have just read the diagram correctly in the manual. Just remember that the horizontal flaps on the hitch bolt to the bottom side of your C-channel frame, not on the inside! Also I ended up having to mount my ground wire for my pigtail onto the actual hitch metal and grind the new paint off for a good ground connection before my trailer lights would work.
Good hitch for my old Toyota Tacoma. Installation involved removing the bumper, which was a little tedious with rusty bolts, but overall it went on as expected. I'm very happy with the hitch and with my experience with E-Trailer.
The hitch fit perfectly, no drilling or any modifcations needed. It was a good price for a great quality hitch. It took my about 1 1/2 hours to install it myself on a '96 Tacoma.
The product was easy to find on the etrailer web site. The product was delivered very promptly, and was the perfect item I was needed and had ordered. You can always trust etrailer to have the correct product and great customer service. Thanks etrailer. Keep up the great work!!!
Came as indicated but was shipped in a cardboard box. When it arrived, the cardboard box was badly damaged and the hitch receiver was hanging outside of the box with paint knocked off in several locations. It's a solid hitch though, so no problem with the construction, but shipping could be much better.
The hitch came delivered on time, but the box was badly damaged. The hitch was hanging outside the box with the paint chipped. Needs to be packed better and the shipping company needs to take better care of there deliverys. Hopping the hitch is not damaged when I go to mount it.
Order at class 3 hitch for a 97 tacoma 4x4 Fit like a champ. super sturdy . Will order from e trailer in the future. Thank you George j and all the great peeps over there!!!!!! Big idaho thank you.
Install was a pretty straight forward. Without pneumatics you'll want a 2' break-over bar for this job and I'd PB Blaster the existing hardware the night before for easier removal. There are bolts in the holes for the forward-most mounts. The instructions show an empty hole. I wouldn't recommend even attempting to remove these with a standard 14mm socket & ratchet. Having tried and nearly rounding the heads I bought an Irwin Bolt Grip set ($33 at NAPA, be sure to get the one with the 14mm size) and they came out with considerable effort on the end of my 2' bar. Be sure to keep the socket square on the head and be patient. Once the unnecessary hardware was removed and the flanges installed at the back I put the hitch in place with all hardware loose to ensure clean threading of the forward bolts into the captured nut in the frame. Square things up to the bumper and tighten all the hardware (2 each: bumper mount nuts/bolts holding the flange, forward bolts into captured nut in frame, rear machine bolts/nuts mounting hitch to frame through the flanges). Three hours including the trip to NAPA, should have taken about half that time. Good luck!
Easy install, perfect fit, great price and quick shipping. Im very happy with the hitch!
Excellent customer service! Outstanding web site navigation! Flawless product!! Extremely happy with the fit, finish and look of the hitch! Would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a great product!!!
The hitch was installed on a 2004 Toyota Tacoma and the installation went very well. I've done a few of these installations over the years and they usually result in boring larger holes due to misalignment. Not so in this case. Everything went fine and it could have been easier, but my creeper wheels kept hanging up on the stress grooves in the driveway. I'm in my 70's and managed to get it installed by myself. Looks great and all the hardware was included and the instructions were easily understandable. Would recommend to anyone. Little hint to one-person installers: use a floor jack under the center of the hitch until the first bolts are in place. It's a little to large to support and deal with alignment. Have fun.
receved order on time
Nice quality looking hitch receiver but we haven't installed it yet.
This is the 5th hitch I have installed, the first on a truck and 22 years old, not new. No collision history, but the fit was very tight and required some pounding. The sequence of bolt placement should probably start at the frame rails rather the angle bracket which positioned the most forward holes off center. The 4 metric hex nuts were replaced with 1/2"-13 nuts in the hardware packet. The old nuts were reused, so no trip to the store. This will provide me with a versatile farm truck with flexible towing and hauling capabilities.
Install was fairly easy. I made my mistake by following the video instead of the printed instructions. My install was on a 2004 Tacoma. Instead of the removing the bolts 16" from the back of the frame I removed the ones closest to the bumper (WRONG). I had to drop the hitch back out and remove the ones specified in the printed instructions as said earlier 16". The only other problem I ran into was positioning the hitch. I was doing it alone and after trying to man handle it into place, I decided it to drop the spare. After droping the spare it went right in. If you're working by yourself I'd advise droping the spare the extra room makes for a easier install. All holes lined up perfectly. I'm very happy with this product. Install, even with my minor problems, still only took 45 minutes.
My order, class II trailer hitch and wire harness, was on time and delivered with no missing parts. George sent me an email letting me know that the order shipped and then followed up to insure it was correct once received, I highly recommend George and his Company. They are honest and dependable people, which is a hard quality to find these days. Quality of the hitch was outstanding and the wiring harness went in without a hitch, sorta speak. Thanks Etrailer, I will tell everyone I know about you.
Great product and experience.
Nice, thank you for the great service and the nice trailer hitch. Looks good and easy to install.
Arrived on time and appropriately packaged. Fits and works perfect.
Had to make some adjustments for the tow package to fit, but overall I'm satisfied. My only complaint is that the instructions could have been a little more detailed.
The hitch was here very fast, and it went on the truck perfectly, all the holes were right on . I thought it was very easy to install but I think you need to drop the spare tire. On a 2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner you need a key that hooks on to the jack handel and than the tire drops very easy. I would tell everyone to buy your products, the hitch I bought for my 2001 Toyota Solar was just as good and I put it on with ease, so thanks again BW
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